"
"Do you like him very much, then?"
"He has been very kind to me--he was kind when--"
"Yes, I know, when I was unkind. I was unkind to you when you first came.
You don't know all. I was much troubled at that time, and somehow I did
not--. But there is no ill-feeling?... I'll make it up to you--I'll teach
you how to be a cook."
"Oh, Mrs. Latch, I am sure----"
"Never mind that. When you went out to walk with him the other night, did
he tell you that he had many bets on the race?"
"He talked about the race, like everyone else, but he did not tell me what
bets he had on."
"No, they never do do that.... But you'll not tell him that I asked you?"
"No, Mrs. Latch, I promise."
"It would do no good, he'd only be angry; it would only set him against
me. I am afraid that nothing will stop him now. Once they get a taste for
it it is like drink. I wish he was married, that might get him out of it.
Some woman who would have an influence over him, some strong-minded woman.
I thought once that you were strong-minded----"
At that moment Sarah and Grover entered the kitchen talking loudly. They
asked Mrs. Latch how soon they could have dinner--the sooner the better,
for the Saint had told them that they were free to go out for the day.
They were to try to be back before eight, that was all.
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